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| - If I were going to this park just to get my disc golf on, I would probably give it a solid four stars. My first, and only trip thus far did include the kids, who wanted to do more than disc golf, so my rating is lower.
Conocido Park is located in a neighborhood away from 35th ave and is easily accessible. The parking lot is located by the playground and is small, but there is street parking. I don't see this place getting crazy busy though. I didn't notice any restrooms but there is a water fountain and the water was ice cold. There are a number of picnic tables and benches, a couple close to the playground and some on the disc golf course. The play structures are covered (the large one anyway) and its surrounded by sand.
So, why the two stars? The playground equipment. I get it, parks departments are strapped for cash, just like everyone else, but on the big climbing structure there were, I believe, 4 gates chained up because of broken equipment (thus preventing kids from using it so they don't hurt themselves). While I do appreciate someone taking the time to put the gates there so kids won't fall out of random gaps in the equipment or cut themselves on a jagged slide, at what point do you scrap what's there and start over? Three of the four slides were unusable and the monkey bars were missing. It seems as if the children there were still having fun, but what was usable was very limited.
I hope that this park has made a list somewhere for the city of Phoenix to fix up. I'd love to bring the kids back want to ensure they will be safe while playing.
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